coin
gb/kˈɔɪn/ us/kˈɔɪn/
A1
Inglese
~ 3000
Accezioni
0 accezioni
Sostantivo
A1
entity
1
Flat metal money piece
A small piece of metal used as money.
Schema d'uso:
[someone] has [a/an number] coin(s)
Errore comune:
Learners sometimes confuse 'coin' with 'currency' or 'money', using it to refer to all forms of money instead of just metal pieces.
Sinonimi
currency (A general term for money, not limited to coins.)
|
money (Broad term including coins, paper bills, and other forms.)
Contrari
banknote (Paper form of money, as opposed to coins.)
Collocazioni
flip a coin
|collect coins
|insert a coin
|loose change and coins
Temi
money
|daily life
|shopping
|finance
|daily_life
|core_vocabulary
Esempi
- She dropped a coin into the parking meter.
- He collects rare coins from different countries.
- I found a coin under the sofa.
Esempi per chi studia
- I have one coin in my pocket.
- The coin is silver and small.
- She puts a coin in the machine.
Verbo
B2
action
2
Invent a new term
To make a new word or phrase.
Schema d'uso:
to coin [a word/phrase]
Errore comune:
Learners may confuse 'coin' meaning 'to make money' with 'coin' meaning 'to invent a word'. Context is important.
Sinonimi
create (General term for making something new, not specific to language.)
|
invent (General term for creating something original, not limited to words.)
Contrari
borrow (To take an existing word or expression from another language or source.)
Collocazioni
coin a phrase
|first coined
|newly coined
Temi
language
|communication
|education
|core_vocabulary
Esempi
- Shakespeare coined many words that we still use today.
- The term 'blog' was coined in the late 1990s.
- She coined a catchy slogan for the campaign.
Esempi per chi studia
- He coined a new word for his story.
- The writer coined many funny phrases.
- They coined the term last year.
Sostantivo
A2
entity
3
Side of a coin
One side of a coin, with a picture or design.
Sinonimi
face (Can refer to the front side of an object, including coins.)
Contrari
reverse (The opposite side of the front (obverse) on a coin.)
Collocazioni
heads side of the coin
|tails side of the coin
Temi
money
|finance
|daily_life
Esempi
- The heads side of the coin shows the queen's portrait.
- The tails side has an image of a bird.
- Each coin has two sides: heads and tails.
Esempi per chi studia
- The coin has a head side.
- I see the tail on the coin.
- This coin has two sides.
Grammatica
Forma base
coin
IPA
GB/kˈɔɪn/
US/kˈɔɪn/
Sillabe e accento
coin (1 sillaba)
Stress on 1st syllable (coin)
Forme flesse
Noun
- Base: coin
- Plural: coin, coins
Verb
- Base: coin
- 3rd Person Singular: coins
- Present Participle: coining
- Past: coined
Famiglia di parole
Forms
coins
noun
coining
verb
coined
verb
Related words
coinage
noun
Espressioni
to coin a phrase
1/tə kˈɔɪn ə fɹˈeɪz/
idiom
Invent or use expression humorously
To say or make a well-known phrase, sometimes as a joke about using it.
Esempi
- He's living, to coin a phrase, 'on cloud nine'.
- She was, to coin a phrase, 'over the moon' about her promotion.
two sides of the same coin
1/tˈu sˈaɪdz əv ðə sˈeɪm kˈɔɪn/
idiom
Two aspects of one thing
Two different but related parts of one thing.
Esempi
- Success and failure are two sides of the same coin.
- Freedom and responsibility are two sides of the same coin.
flip a coin
1/flˈɪp ə kˈɔɪn/
fixed phrase
Toss a coin to decide
to throw a coin in the air and use the side it lands on to choose between two things
Esempi
- We couldn't decide where to eat, so we flipped a coin.
- If we can’t agree, let’s flip a coin.
- If it's heads, we go to the park; if it's tails, we stay home.
- They flipped a coin to see who would go first.
- We flipped a coin and I lost.